Well since you asked. I have several. The most powerfull is like the gravity
air powered thing but it uses my pressure washer instead of air. One
advantage is with water there is no dust from the sand for our
lungs!Northern hydrolics, about $80 plus the pressure washer. It will remove
lotts of everything real fast! the small air powered units might be the
thing for seam rust. I also have a old fashioned spark plug cleaner. The
problem with sand blasting is getting it all out of everywhere before
painting. Ever tried removing sand from the carpet of your vanagon or car
after a trip to the beach? I'm too far from a beach to take my dear old
vanagon but my 99.5 jetta tdi has sand in it from last June.

Joe

----- Original Message -----
From: "Derek Drew" <derekdrew@RCN.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 6:24 PM
Subject: Is it about time for Sandblasting?

> It strikes me that we should all have sandblasters, but this doesn't seem
> to be a hot thing with our group yet.
>
> Could somebody know who knows about how to go about procuring a
> sandblasting capability spill the beans on this?
>
> I see sandblast cabinets that cost $300, and at the same time, simple
> gravity sandblast guns that work with your compressor that can be had for,
> say, $25.
>
> What does it cost to be able to do this, and what should be purchased, and
> why are we not all doing this?
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